2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

2010 PCA Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$2,200,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
1,529
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
20,000
Players Info - Day 3

Ambrose Doubles

Steve Paul-Ambrose moved all in from under the gun for 40,100. Hafiz Khan was in the next slot and made the call. Everyone else folded and the hands were revealed.

Khan held {A-Spades} {J-Hearts} to dominate Ambrose's {Q-Spades} {J-Spades}.

The flop shed some light on Ambrose's world when it came {10-Spades} {8-Spades} {8-Diamonds}, adding a couple of draws to his hand.

The turn was the {10-Hearts}, but then the {6-Spades} on the river completed a flush for Ambrose and he doubled up to over 90,000. Khan slipped to 298,000.

Tags: Haifz KhanSteve Paul-Ambrose

A Good Call Unrewarded

Wayne Bentley open-raised to 10,000 from the button, and Dennis Phillips was the lone caller, matching the bet from the small blind.

The flop came out {Q-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {7-Hearts}, and both players checked. Fourth street brought the action card though, the {A-Hearts}. After another Phillips check, Bentley fired a bet of 15,000. Phillips then stuck in a check-raise to 40,000 straight, and Bentley eventually announced a covering all-in reraise. Phillips went deep into the tank for several long minutes as he debated the decision for his tournament life. The Team PokerStars Pro had about 80,000 chips left in front of him, and he finally shrugged and made the call.

Showdown
Phillips: {A-Spades} {J-Diamonds}
Bentley: {A-Diamonds} {3-Hearts}

It was a fine call by Phillips for the rest of his chips, but his good play would go unrewarded. The {J-Hearts} peeled off on the river to four-flush the gregarious pro right out of the tournament. The two men exchanged a few kind words as Phillips pushed his stacks over to his opponent. As he shipped the last two towers, Phillips mumbled, "Here you go. Have another mound of chips."

Phillips is out, while Bentley is up in second place with about 740,000 chips.

Tags: Dennis PhillipsWayne Bentley

Shak Gets Some Renovations

Ludovic Lacay opened the pot with a raise before the next player to act moved all in for about 55,000. Action folded over to Dan Shak in the big blind and he moved all in for 126,700 total. Lacay snap-called the all in and three hands would be going at it for a lot of chips.

Shak rolled over the {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds}, Lacay tabled {A-Clubs} {K-Clubs} and the other player held {A-Hearts} {9-Diamonds}.

The board ran out clean for Shak when it came {10-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {7-Spades} {4-Spades} {Q-Spades} and he won the big three-way all in to move to over 300,000 chips. After shipping over the chips to Shak, Lacay was left with only 2,000.

Tags: Dan ShakLudovic Lacay

Negreanu Not Wasting Any Time

Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu
With the action folded around to him in late position, Daniel Negreanu slid his remaining 44,000 chips all in. The player on the button thought for a couple long minutes before reluctantly folding, and the rest of the table followed suit to send the blinds and antes over to Kid Poker.

"You have a big hand down there?" Negreanu asked the button. When he nodded slowly, Negreanu flashed {A-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} and prodded, "You have that crushed?" Another slow nod.

As he pulled in the chips, Negreanu shrugged and added, "Whaddya gonna do? I can't fold that."

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

No Stealing Ivey's Blind

Action folded around to the small blind and he raised to 12,000. Phil Ivey was in the big blind and made the call.

The flop came down {10-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} and the small blind checked. Ivey fired 15,500 and won the pot when his opponent insta-folded.

"I guess I won't try that again," said the player that raised out of the small blind.

Tags: Phil Ivey

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 400

Day 3 Coming Up

Welcome back for Day 3 of the PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure here at the beautiful Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas. Yesterday saw the dreams dashed of around 600 players, leaving 280 of them remaining in the field.

Another six levels of play is scheduled for the day and it is expected that the money bubble will burst. Just over 50 of the remaining players will not be paid as 224 make the money.

Praz Bansi stormed to the top of the leaderboard yesterday and will be entering the day with nearly one million in chips. Here's how the top 10 stacks look for today.

Praz Bansi - 960,800
Marc Etienne McLaughlin - 702,400
Wayne Bentley - 602,500
[Removed:197] - 528,300
Daniel Ades - 501,400
Eric Froehlich - 467500
Matthew Haugen - 456,400
Kenny Hicks Jr - 455,000
Matt Graham - 428,900
Danny Suied - 420,000

Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Amnon Filippi and Dario Minieri are just a few of the top names remaining in the field.

The cards will be in the air at 12:00 p.m. local time. Be sure to be right back here for all the live updates on PokerNews.com as the trek for PCA gold continues on.
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